Mass Mailing Fundraising Letter with enclosures for the 20th Anniversary of the NACW in 1955
Evvelope postmarked Sept. 2, 1955. Cover letter, issued under the name of Vivian C. Mason, National President of the National Council of Negro Woman, asks members of the organization for a special "anniversary gift" of ten cents for every years of the organization's existence, meaning a gift of $2.00 for 20 years. Local councils reporting 100% participation would get a trophy. Return envelope and a smaller envelope to hold a donation present (the small envelope is partially glued to the flap on the return envelope. Single sheet folded twice to create a narrow 6-page brochure (22 cm.) outlining 1955 events planned to celebrate their 20th anniversary and to promote gifts. And, finally", a printed, double-columned fundraising letter dictated by Mary McLeod Bethune on April 11, 1955, which says, in part: "In your expenditures for every day living, where you may use a cheaper cut of meat, put that in a bank for the National Council of Negro Women. If you know widowed women who need instructions for placing their funds where they might do good for the great masses of our people, think sometimes of the National Council of Negro Women. Some of us could take out a little insurance policy of twenty-five cents a month, which upon our death , could go the the National Council of Negro Women." Very Good. Item #92820
Price: $225.00